Engineering Notebook Collection

Summary

Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0225
Creators:: Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Dates:: 1835-1930
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 0.3 Cubic Feet
1 box
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection of personal notebooks of civil engineers.

Scope and Contents note

Mainly personal notebooks of engineers, although one is a listing of products of a manufacturer of gears and another is a compilation of shop orders for various products of a manufacturer. They generally contain technical descriptions, drawings, specifications, and financial data.

Administration

Processing Information

Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1987.

Author

Robert S. Harding

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Digital Content

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Engineering Notebook Collection, 1835-1930, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Ownership and Custodial History

Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Engineering and Industry, August 7, 1986. The notebook of J. Parker Snow has been transferred to the J. Parker Snow Wooden Bridge Collection, No. 225.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Technical descriptions	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Technical notes	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Financial data	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Furnaces	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Architecture -- United States	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Inspections	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Bridges	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Boilers	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mechanical engineering and engineers	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mills and mill-work	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Kilns	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Lists	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Engineering: financial accounting	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Engineering notebooks	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Engineers	Occupation	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Engineering: shop orders	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Piers	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Docks	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Civil engineering	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Engineering	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroads	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Railroad car builders	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Steam-engines	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Shop orders	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Notebooks	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Hendrick Manufacturing Company	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gordon, W. F.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Blaisdell, Alfred O.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Snow, J. Parker	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Sheldon, Frank P.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Richardson, William J.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Reed, James	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Woodruff and Beach Iron Works.	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Bennett, C.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Ames Iron Works.	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

P.O. Box 37012

Suite 1100, MRC 601

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

archivescenter@si.edu

http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Guide to the Engineering Notebook Collection